The Heavy Weights of Kutch

After experiencing the misty deciduous forests of Dang, coastal towns of Saurashtra, the wilderness of Gir, we head out to the dry, dusty, sparsely populated and climatically the least appealing region of Gujarat, Kutch. With the two major ports at Kandla and Mundra being the near-most to the Gulf and Europe by Sea route, the region sees incredibly high number of freight movement. Alco, EMD, Python, and double stack containers, you can see them, round-the-clock!

Date: 2013-12-13
Owner: Harish Kumar
Size: 66 items
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Clearing the home signal of Bhimsar, Sabarmati WDG-4 #12344 accelerates hard with the double stack container rake in tow. (Raghu Jayaraman)

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The double stacker slowly glides past Bhimsar station and disappears around a sharp curve. (Raghu Jayaraman)

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Just as we enter the city of Gandhidham, we crossed this level crossing which connects the Bhuj line. The twin line from left is from the Samakhilai side and freights towards Mundra Port take these lines. The single line on the right connects Bhuj from Ga

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Gandhidham Junction, looking towards Kandla Port. (Harish Kumar)

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The evening light forms a perfect backdrop to this caboose of a freight train, heading towards Kandla Port. (Harish Kumar)

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Ben again captures the double-stacker at the outskirts of Bachau (Benher)

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Even as the natural light fades away, a WDG-3A from Jhansi goes stronger with yet another container rake (Benher)

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Our first day of Kutch exploration ends here. This is Bachau's home signal from Samakhiyali side.(Benher)

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The morning, we check out of our hotel room at 5:00 am and head out straight to Hadakiya Creek to see the sunrise at the Little Rann of Kutch. As we arrived here, we were blessed with a crossing of Alco powered freight. (Benher)

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And what more? This turned to be a python rake. Perfect start to the final day. (Naveen)

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Just as the sun jump out of the low hanging cloud, the sky is sprinkled with pretty hue. Not a breath of wind, the water was almost the most unruffled, yet the water current creating a string to communicate with Rann and the ocean, standing affirm is the

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(Naveen)

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At sunrise, an Alco hauled BTPN train rode across little Rann of Kutch towards Maliya Miyana Junction. (Harish Kumar)

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Little birds fly away as the mildly smoking alco rides across little Rann of Kitch, towards Maliya Junction. (Raghu Jayaraman)

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and slowly the freighter approaches the other end of LRK (Benher)